Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 1

journal ull Report 10c 15c SUNDAY 88th NO 1 1 Cheat Charge Dropped Games Closed News Secrecy Covers Misfire Cause Briefs Resort Hotel SATELLITE A ILURE ARGUED In Las Vegas Wins Point To President Baker Union launch a satellite who helped Reprieve Set The official May Build Bases Check Slated By President Plantations for Taken Over Yugoslavia Goes the To Neutral Camp Reno 13 planta owned 15 of con impor PROSECUTION RESTS SEATTLE Dec 9 The state rested today in the grand larceny jury trial of Teamster President Dave Beck and Judge George Revelle refused to dis miss the charge WHO brings the Christmas gifts in Denmark? In Syria? In Poland In Hungary WASHINGTON Dec 9 (UE) New Attorney General Wil liam Rogers said today he does not intend to recommend any new civil rights legislation to the next session of Congress Rogers said Congress had the subject at its last session and passed the first civil rights law in a long time Holding his first news confer ence as attorney general Rogers pointed out that the new law provides for a civil rights com mission to study the need for additional legislation With that in mind Rogers said a little time should be allowed to elapse to see how well the present law works WASHINGTON Dec 9 UR Vice President Richard Nixon said today state and local government not should take re sponsibility for cutting the traffic death toll He warned however that if traffic safety problems are not solved locally will have to be done at the federal Nixon spoke at the opening session of a National Traffic Safety conference attended by 400 delegates including several governors congress men state and federal of ficials leaders of civic organ izations and automobile man ufacturers look to Moscow as the ideologi cal leader report said Yugoslavia has renounced further mili tary aid because Washington has made too many of the program and allegedly made it dependent on Yugoslav actions in the foreign field The most recent American of whether mili tary aid would be continued to Yugoslavia had followed Bel decision to recognize the East German Communist gov ernment President Tito will remain party and government leader long as I have VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN LOS ANGELES Dec 9 (UE) Gov Goodwin Knight to night promised a un relenting for the United States senate seat which fellow Republican Sen William Knowland (R Calif) has an nounced he will relinquish to seek the California governor ship McElroy arrived Satur day on a quick swing through Western Europe before the NATO confer ence opens in Paris Dec 16 He had a preliminary meeting with British Defense Minister Duncan Sandys Saturday He met for half an hour this morn ing with British oreign Secre tary Selwyn Lloyd Then he called on Prime Minister Har old Macmillan at No 10 Down ing St He already has held one series of talks since arriving Saturday to map plans for planting Amer frontline rocket defenses in Europe He leaves tomorrow for the continent to consult re luctant NATO allies on setting up rocket bases closer to Russia Informed sources said despite assurances to par liament last week the govern ment is not satisfied with the existing arrangements for con trolling American nuclear bomb ers and the missiles which soon will be located in Britain Macmillan told parliament that American planes which carry live hydrogen bombs on test flights over Britain could not act without joint Anglo American consultation BELGRADE Dec 9 Commuhist Yugoslavia appar ently is withdrawing still fur ther into neutralist isolation from both Washington and Mos cow informed sources said to day They said this impression emerged from disclosure of a se cret meeting of the Yugoslav central committee meeting at Brioni Island and a conference between ailing President Tito and Ambassador James Riddleberger The sources said three major planks in Yugoslav foreign and domestic policy were spelled out at Brioni Despite heavy pressure from Moscow Yugoslavia will contin ue on its path re jecting any Soviet or satellite of alleged Yugoslav The policy was underlined in refusal to sign an ail Communist manifesto in Moscow last month following a meeting there of leaders of 12 Red states That manifesto said that all Communist parties must WASHINGTON Dec 9 President Eisenhower will un dergo a major medical examina tion tomorrow to determine whether he will attend the cru cial North Atlantic Treaty meet ing in Paris next week The White House announced plans for the checkup shortly be fore the President motored back to the capital today after a rest ful four day weekend at his Gettysburg Pa farm or of the physicians and specialists who examined the President after his slight stroke two weeks ago will take part in the testing of his recov ery at 2:30 pm EST tomorrow Press Secretary James Hagerty said the results of the examination would be made pub lic soon after it was completed He also said he expected to be able to announce later tomor row afternoon whether the Pres ident would attend the Decem ber 16 18 NATO meeting Vice President Richard Nixon will head the delega tion if the President cannot go However some observers have said the presence might be necessary to get a really effective Allied agreement for meeting space and missiles challenge Read your Journal for Ne vada's tops in Sports Pages 11 12 and 13 of Jour nal NOT INLUENCED WASHINGTON Dec 9 (UE) A union official testified today that Teamster bosses Dave Beck and James Hoffa made no at tempt to him or other officials screen delegates to the 1957 convention Joseph Konowe of New Roch elle said no member of the Teamster executive board approached him or any other member of the cre dentials committee to tell them how to act Explanations and criticisms boil around the world as first attempt to fails Left Dr John Hagen director of the project explains also Paul Walsh middle as sistant director Right Sen Richard Russell (D Ga) labels attempt disastrous blow to our waning world (International) 'spStre 'XaaJSunH saais atq 'puBioj uj luajv siM aqj jo purea jsa2uno4 'snsap jo puiBO atn uj ua 'njBtuuaa uj Amusements Pages 8 9 Sports Pages 11 12 13 Editorials Page 4 World of Women Page 5 Classifieds Pages 14 15 16 WASHINGTON Dec 9 (IP) Navy scientists reported day that the failure of the Van guard satellite rocket last riday was due to mechani cal failure in the propulsion The Office of Naval Research issued a three paragraph state ment on the misfiring which led to a world wide wave of criti cism and prompted President Eisenhower to demand an of ficial report The statement did not pin point exactly where the failure occurred in the gleaming 72 foot rocket It said such details were labeled secret presumably on security grounds But a Defense spokesman said a full report had been sent to the President by Donald A Quarles acting defense secre tary in the absence of Secretary Neil McElroy The announcement said: Office of Naval Re search said today that the unsuccessful launching of the Vanguard test vehicle at the Cape Canaveral missile test range on riday Dec 6 was caused by a mechanical fail ure in the propulsion system details of which are classified dalnage to the test stand was moderately serious but it is expected that repairs can be made in a short period of time Meanwhile work is proceeding on the preparation of another test vehicle firing repairs are not pected to jeopardize 1 to date 252 to date last year 178 normal July 1 to date 217 ORECAST Reno: air little change in temperature Nevada: air little change in temperature Sierra Nevada: air little change in temperature Sunset today 4:36 sunrise to morrow 7:10 Train Crash Suits Set in Millions ATLANTIC CITY Dec 9 (UP) An appeals committee today urged the AL CIO con vention to ckpel the Bakery Workers Union not later than March 15 unless the Bakery Workers conduct an immediate clean up campaign The committee asked the con vention to give the AL CIO Executive Council the power to determine the date of expulsion and to pass on the effectiveness of the clean up In a last minute insert in its report on the Bakers the com mittee asked for expulsion un less the union takes steps "to "bar from international union office those responsible for the set forth by the AL CIO ethical practice commit tee The AL CIO Executive Council previously called for barring James Cross president from running for re election The appeals report did not mention him by name The appeals group asked the convention to make March 15 the cut off date for completion of clean up efforts The Bakery Workers Union has called a special conventioin for March 3 5 at which all offi cers including Cross would re sign and stand for re election BOMAKC IRED CAPE CANAVERAL la Dec 9 (UT) The Air orce fired a speedy ground to air Bomarc today from a row of launching pads studded with waiting missiles believed to in clude one connected with the satellite program A blackout was clamped once more on official news of activ ity along the launching pads but rumor spread along' the beaches that a test in connec tion with the satellite program is in the works for this week Childless Pair Listed Suspects irst figures indicate highest temperature during the last 24 hours second lowest tempera ture yesterday morning third rain or melted snow during last 24 hours STATE 600 to 700 that are part by Dutch in Subway Strike Snarls New York SYCAMORE Ill Dec 9 (ID Police Chief William Hinden burg said early today that a childless couple may have kid naped Maria Ridulph Hindenburg made the conjec ture at a midnight conference of federal state and local offi cers reviewing six days of in tensive searching The 7 year old girl disap peared last Tuesday A man offering her a piggy back ride has been suspected as the ab ductor But Hindenburg pointed out that the street on which the girl was playing is a heavily traveled state highway A couple could have sud denly decided to take her he said No Changes Set On Civil Rights LONDON Dec 9 Brit ish railway officials estimated today that claims for compensa tion from Wednesday's train crash at suburban Lewisham would total more than 800000 pounds ($2240000) At 88 persons known to have died when a steam ex press crashed into a halted elec tric commuter train in dense smog Officials said the exact death toll may never be known because it has been impossible to identify some parts of man gled bodies removed from the wreckage Habit of Smoking Stopped as Blaze Destroys Mattress NEENAH Wis Dec 9 (UE) Alvin Paumstat agreed to stop smoking after firemen were summoned to his home Saturday put out a mat tress fire caused by his cig aret Alvin who admitted he had the habit is 4 years old 52 NEW YORK Dec 9 (UE) A strike of subway motormbn snarled transportation in New York City and many of its sub urbs today The massive traffic tangle was complicated by heavy rains and snow was forecast for later in the day The strike came at a time when Christmas shopping added to the normally heavy Monday load of business and office work ers Police estimated half of the subway system was shut down at the height of the morn ing rush hour Another 25 per cent of the lines were operating on curtailed schedules Local Governments Advised to Halt Traffic atalities DISAVOWS BLAME HUNTSVILLE Ala Dec 9 (IP) Dr Wernher Von Braun said today lie could not have been responsible for any missile lag during the Truman administration be cause he was not even an American citizen at the time the launching of an earth satel lite according to previously announced A spokesman said this re ferred to the timetable which calls for launching a full sized 21 pound satellite in March There were these other mis sile developments: Sen Henry Jackson (D Wash) said President Ei senhower failed to propose a ballistic missile program while he was Army chief of staff and later adviser to former Presi dent Truman He said this was one of five reasons the previous Democratic administration did not press ahead with long range missiles as soon as Russia Despite the Vanguard fail ure the military missile pro gram apparently was going ahead at Cape Canaveral Next on the schedule was believed to be a third attempt to launch an Atlas intercontinental missile Two previous tries failed The Navy announced it would start training 500 new officers a year in the sciences REASSURE ALLIES WASHINGTON Dec 9 (IP) The United States will assure its European Allies next week that military forces will spring to their defense if they are attacked by the Soviet Union it was disclosed today EARS CONSEQUENCES ST LOUIS Dec 9 Presidential' Sher man Adams said tonight the nation some day may face unless the Constitution is revamped to allow the vice president to take over swiftly when the President becomes disabled Matador Missiles Given to Germany BONN Germany Dec 9 (ID West German forces will be equipped with American ground to ground missiles capable of striking more titan 600 miles into Communist 5 ter ritory defense offi cials said today They said it is planned to set up two squadrons under Luftwaffe control Only forces in Germany now have the Matados By CLARK BIGLER United Press Correspondent gaming control board in Carson City yesterday admitted it did not have suf ficient evidence to convict the Royal Nevada Hotel on the Las Vegas strip of cheating at 21 The decision ended a three day slow moving hearing at which the Las Vegas operators had been ordered to show cause why their gambling license should not be revoked on eight charges including cheat ing An undercover agent testified at the hearing he had seen cheating on two occasions at the plush casino last August Richardson of Las Vegas the principal owner immediately ordered the casino closed following the decision The hotel however will remain open Richardson confirmed the ca sino did not have enough money to continue operation The hotel admitted it was guilty at least partially of four of the eight counts lodged against it by the board It said yj essence it had failed to keep enough money on hand and had violated Other rules and regula tions of the gaming board and 1 the state tax commission Not Considered The other three charges were not considered There was no testimony on any of them al though the board made it plain it reserved the right to prose cute the hotel on any of them at a later date The end of the hearing did not mean the gambling license would not be revoked The gaming control board still must make a recommendation to the tax 'commission which has final say in gambling mat ters The tax commission meets Dec 20 Richardson and his attorney Thomas oley declared inves ors were willing to pump new money into the strip resort if it was cleared of the cheating charge Recoup Investment oley who wept when the de cision on the cheating charge was announced had pleaded with the board to permit owners to recoup the $900000 they have invested in the hotel He said no amount of money could keep the hotel in operation as long as the cheating charge existed Two years ago employes at the Royal Nevada fearing they would not be paid raided the tables scooping up all the money in sight oley said this was what he was trying to pre vent 1 Richardson declared he planned to pay all creditors of the establishment adding this could be done within a week if he were not forced into bank ruptcy Attorneys Confer During a morning recess board attorneys Charles Sprin ger and Howard McKissick and oley met to iron out what was to become the other seven charges against the hotel oley indicated his defense (See RESORT Page 6 Col 3) TYPHOID EARED RIO DE JANERIO Dec 9 (UJ!) Typhoid outbreaks threat ened Rio De Janeiro state today in the wake of devastating floods that left at least 100 persons dead or missing WEATHER Today's Journal 18 PAGES Key Britain Talks Launched By Defense Experts in London LONDON Dec 9 Secretary of De fense Neil McElroy held a series of talks with British government today Informed sources said the talks may result in establishing four medium range American rocket bases in England Britain wants greater political control over Amer ican nuclear weapons already based in this country for use in bombers and rockets informed sources said JAKARTA Indonesia Dec 9 (UR) Prime Minister Djuanda today ordered all Dutch owned plantations placed under gov ernment control The order urged employes on all estates other agricul tural to stay on the job Djuanda issued the order in his capacity as defense minis ter Dutch estates in Indonesia comprise a large proportion of the $1300000000 in Dutch eco nomic interests in this island republic The order gave rise to speculation that the govern ment moved to take over the plantations in an effort to pre vent federations from seizing the estates piecemeal The take over order came several hours after the PIA news agency reported that the Indonesian biggest am munition dump blew up last night The tremendous blast rocked the west Java capital of Bandung There was immedi ate speculation that sabotage caused the blast order said the gov ernment felt the move was necessary the sake tinued production of tance to the There are tions here totally or in terests They produce coffee tea chinchona sisal and other goods vital to the Indonesia economy A similar order was issued today affecting the three Dutch banks seized by their employes last Saturday The banks have been placed under control of the Bank of Indonesia Asia lu Starts On Second Cycle MONTREAL Dec 9 A second wave of Asian flu which seems to have started al ready in Japan may hit North America by the end of the year a virologist warned Victor Cabasso of the re search division of the American Cynamid Co told a gathering of doctors here that those per sons who have already had the Asian flu would probably be immune and the second wave be more deadly than the first Navy Experts Draft Report Reno's Morning and Sunday Newspaper TUESDAY MORNING DECEMBER 10 1957 Wiretap Evidence Ruled as Invalid ederal Courts May Not Consider State Evidencet Tribunal Rules WASHINGTON Dec 9 The Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that wiretap information ob tained by state officers under state law is inadmissaole as evidence in criminal trials in federal courts The decision may have an important bearing on the current federal prosecution of Teamster official James Hoffa on perjury charges The New York trial Jias been held up pending a decision by the high court on the wiretap issue Attorney Paul Williams of New York had intended to offer wire tap evidence against Hoffa ob tained through the office of State District Attorney rank Hogan in Manhattan Paradoxically Hoffa currently is being tried in Nejv York on charges of violating federal anti wiretap laws by phones in the Teamsters Union's Detroit headquarters Permitted by Law A New York State law per mits high law enforcement offi cers to tap telephones and to use the evidence obtained in criminal trials in state courts The high decision had no direct bearing on the use of wiretap evidence in state trials In a separate decision it also ruled that information obtained by listening in on a telephone conversation on an extension is admissible even in federal trials But in throwing out wire tap evidence in federal courts the court noted that Section 605 of the ederal Communications Act specifically forbids anyone to intercept telephone conver sations through wire taps ine Distinction As a result the justices sent back to the federal court in New York for further proceedings the case of Salvatore 'Benanti He was convicted in federal court ol violating federal bootlegging laws on the basis of wire tap evidence obtained by the New York police His conviction was upheld last May by the Circuit Court of Ap peals It held the evidence was admissible inasmuch as no fed eral officer participated' in the wire tapping Benanti drew an 18 month prison sentence The high court stopped short of ruling on the constitutionality of state wire tap laws But Warren noted that the federal law applied to both interstate and intrastate telephone com munications The court drew a fine distinc tion between wire tapping and eavesdropping in upholding the conviction of loyd Linn Rath bun of Albuquerque NM on charges of transmitting a threat to kill in interstate commerce His trial featured evidence ob tained by two eavesdroppers who listened in on extensions while Rathbun was talking on the phone In its 7 to 2 decision the high court agreed that it was not il legal to listen in on an extension without the consent of the caller and then to divulge the informa tion in a federal court 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